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Léopold Eyharts is a Brigadier General in the French Air Force and an ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut. Eyharts was born April 28, 1957, in Biarritz, France. After completing his basic academics, he joined the French Air Force Academy of Salon-de-Provence in 1977 to study aeronautical engineering. Eyharts graduated in 1979 as an engineer. By 1980 he became a fighter pilot and was sent...
The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) can be found in the European Alps. It is locally known as the Steinbock in German, the bouquetin in French, the kozorog in Slovenian, and the stambecco in Italian. Its range was once restricted to Northern Italy in the Gran Paradiso National Park, but now comprises nearly all of the European Alps including France, Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Austria, and Switzerland....
Pyroraptor was a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of France. It existed during the late Campanian and early Maastrichtian stages, about 70 million years ago. It is known from a single specimen. It was discovered in 1992 in southern France, in Provence. It is known from a few recovered bones. The type species is P. olympius, named by Allain and Taquet in 2000....
The Common Parsley Frog (Pelodytes punctatus) Is a species of frog that ranges from Spain up to the North of France, including France, Spain, Portugal and a small part of Northwestern Italy. It is found in open, semi-open, and even arid landscapes that are usually made up of Pine and Holm oak stands. They also prefer areas with rich calcium deposits in the soil. It can be found from sea level...
The Marbled Newt (Triturus marmoratus) is a terrestrial newt native to France, northern Spain, and Portugal. They are not found in much of the Pyrenees due to dry and unstable conditions. Populations are scattered in northern France due to the presence of the Great Crested Newt. The preferred habitat of the Marbled Newt is high elevation climates. Marbled Newts have dark brown or black...
The Porcelaine is a scent hound which originated in France and may be one of France's oldest dogs of this type. It is also natively called the Chien de Franche-Comté, named after a French region bordering Switzerland. It is considered to be derived from the English Harrier, Laufhound, and the Montaimboeuf, a now-extinct breed. It is used to hunt roe deer, wild boar, and hare independently...
The Pont-Audemer Spaniel is a gun dog which originated in France during the 19th century. Its ancestors may include the Barbet, the Poodle, and the Picardy Spaniel, along with several other old Spaniel breeds. The breed is rare; it has never been incredibly popular outside of its native country, and World War II brought them even closer to extinction. The breed specializes as a water dog, but...
The Löwchen is a very rare breed, also called the Little Lion Dog. Little is known about the history of the breed. It can be seen in paintings as far back as the 1500s. The modern Löwchen was bred by enthusiasts in Belgium, France and Germany in the late 1800s. The breed may be somehow related to the Bichon Frise. The Löwchen is a small breed, sometimes considered a toy breed, and...
The Tyrrhenian Painted Frog (Discoglossus sardus), is a species of frog in the Discoglossidae family. It is found in France and Italy. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches. It is threatened by habitat loss. Photo Copyright and Credit
The Nine-spined Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius), is a species of fish in the Gasterosteidae family. It is found in Belarus, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Republic of, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
